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ok tech i get paid tomarrow at the shop, after i make my bike payment i should bring home $400, ill buy that book, and a few others i see there that i might be interested in. the rest is gonna go into the bank for safekeeping

tech do you have an AIM name?

Originally posted by techinspector1
"and i was also told that the way to make mechanical injection streetable is to mount a small tank in the engine compartment that the main tank feeds into."

Hopper, you've got to start thinking for yourself. If it was that easy, don't you think everybody would be doing it. Bottom line, NO.

Richard, where were you 30+ years ago when I put an 8 gal. pony keg in front of the radiator to feed the mechanical hilborn stack injection set-up on a 331 SBC. Got 'er all tuned up, ran fantastic. Then.......................... a cloud went over and my tune-up went south. Went back to the shop got 'er all runnin' fantastic again ...................... took it out for a run and wouldn't you know it ................. that cloud passed by and my tune-up went south ............... again. Took me 'bout 2-3 weeks to finally give up and go back to a carb. Problem solved.

Hopper, I don't know what an AIM name is, but if you're asking what my given name is, it's Richard.

Originally posted by techinspector1
Hopper, I don't know what an AIM name is, but if you're asking what my given name is, it's Richard.

I think he means AOL instant messanger

Hopper, if you want to send me a private message, click pm on the bottom of any of my posts. If you want to send me an email, click email on the bottom of any of my posts.

anyone know about how much a 2 door 69 dodge coronet weighs? Im thinking about buying it because i can get a good deal on it and make it mopar powered, but i wont do that if its too heavy because it would be a drag car eventually.

Go to google.com and type in curb weight 1969 Dodge Coronet or any other car you want to know the weight on. Curb weight is the weight with the car sitting on the curb with 1/2 tank of gas, ready to drive. It is the standard of the industry, so it's easy to compare car weights with this figure.

This is not a light car, by the way, compared to some others you could start with.

Hooper, you've got to be one of the most persistent guys I've know, and I think it's great that you keep asking for info. I hope I'm alive 10-15 years down the road so I can see the different cars you've built. Keep it up

hehe its hopper not hooper but thanks, it's going to be a long ride but I think it'll be fun.

Sorry Hopper Got my O's and P's mixed up. Have a good one.

My 34 (which I am very proud of) has a 305 in it and it runs perfect.
It gets great gas mileage and when I lift the hood, it looks as good as any other small block Chevy.

It burns the tires off when I want them to also.

well while i admire the 305 as a good sturdy daily driver, i won't use it as a drag motor...when i get around to a power train in whatever car i build, whether its a drag car or just a bad mother hot rod, it wont be smaller than 383 and it wont be bigger than oh i dunno 502 or 510 somewhere in that area...That leaves a lot of stuff...I also want to keep my hp:weight ratio in the small numbers..like ideally it would be about 1hp:between 5 and 9 lbs. that would make a 400 hp motor in a 2000 lbs car... i can run between 2000 lbs and 3600 lbs. on a 400 hp motor. that is a rather good ratio...my sponsor said that i need to stay in single digit hp:weight ratio and if that isnt possible then VERY low double digits...but when you do the math, its not hard to stay in the single digits.

My ideal setup on a drag car would be a blown, alcohol injected 540, with a powerglide behind it...that's just my thinking...the guy that im trying to get sponsorship from used to run a naturally aspirated alcohol injected 540 in a Vega and it was a mid 5 second 1/8th mile car. Ive seen its time sheets.

Originally posted by pro70z28
Richard, where were you 30+ years ago when I put an 8 gal. pony keg in front of the radiator to feed the mechanical hilborn stack injection set-up on a 331 SBC. Got 'er all tuned up, ran fantastic. Then.......................... a cloud went over and my tune-up went south. Went back to the shop got 'er all runnin' fantastic again ...................... took it out for a run and wouldn't you know it ................. that cloud passed by and my tune-up went south ............... again. Took me 'bout 2-3 weeks to finally give up and go back to a carb. Problem solved.

Thanks for this, you just brought back a lot of memorys. I wasn't quite as smart as you, I worked on that setup for over year then gave up. Ran great when there were no clouds